Game-board.



No. 70I,484. Patentd June 3, I902, a. N. muusou.

GAME BOARD.

(Application filed Oct. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

THE ucnms EYERS o0, mom-urns" WASHINGTON, a c.

UNITED STATES "PATENT @FFICE.

GEORGE N. JOHNSON, OF LERAYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 701,484, dated June 3, 1902. Application filed October 12,1901. crial rt. 78,450. (No model.)

To LtZl whom it ww y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. J'oHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leraysville, in thecounty of Bradford. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards; and I do declare the followingto be a' full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

referencebeing had to the accompanying.

drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to game apparatus and contemplates an improved game-board which may be the reverse side of a crokinoleboard and which consists of a peculiar arrangement of posts and position-marks for men placed relatively to the positions of the posts, whereby the movement of the men to produce a count is accomplished only by the exercise of considerable skill.

The details of construction of my improved game-board are fully set forth in the following description, in connection with which attention is called to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a game-board embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A de notes the board, which, as above stated, may be the reverse side of a crokinole-boa-rd. The playing-surface of the board is inclosed by a rail to, having at intervals recesses a a of semicircular form, and Z) Z) are depressions or pockets at said recesses. Centrally of the board is a position-mark c. This mark is preferably a shallow depressiomreceiving in practice a ball D, having thereon distinguishingmarks. Encircling the central depression 0 are a series of posts e e, spaced apart sufficiently to permit the ready passage of a ball between them. Concentric with the series of posts are a circular series of marks or shallow depressions 'f-f, receiving balls G G. The marksf are so placed relative to the posts 6 and the central mark 0 that a post is interposed in the radial path of a ball G, and therefore to displace the central ball D by a ball G the latter must move at'an angle to avoid a post before striking the ball D.

In practice a cue-ball H is placed on the circular line i and is propelled againsta ball G to cause the latter to dislodge the central ballD, whereupon said ball D becomes a second cue-ball and can be played as such until it lodges in one of the pockets b, when it is returned to its first or central position. Between the circular line 2' and the positionmarks are four pairs of posts j j, which form wickets, arrows indicating the direction which the balls musttake to secure the highest count. The balls G are numbered, and the number 011 a ball traversing a wicket in the direction indicated is doubled and added to the score.

In lieu of balls finger-propelled disks or rings may be employed without necessarily changing the construction of the board or the method of playing the game.

I claim as my invention A game-board having a rail and a'series of pockets adj acentthereto, a central depression to receive initially a ball to be dislodged, a circular series of depressions for initiallyplaced balls surrounding the central depression, a concentric series of posts between the central and outer depressions said posts being interposed in theradial paths of the outer balls to render difficult the dislodgment of the central ball by an outer ball, and a series of posts forming wickets between the outer depressions and rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE N. JOHNSON.

WVitnesses:

A. E. WOODRUFF, P. E. Woonaurn. 7 

